Transferring and replication of the project to other places: the European winners of Call for Interest visited the LIFE Lagoon Refresh site
Among the activities planned to promote the transferability and replicability of the project, the LIFE Lagoon Refresh promoted a Call for Interest to select six sites where to transfer and replicate strategy, actions and methods of the Project, through a tight program of visits, preparations of scenarios and activities to follow in the After-LIFE of the LIFE Lagoon Refresh. The activity is specifically directed to Water Managers, Researchers, professional and technicians dealing with monitoring, assessment and conservation of EU lagoon and estuarine sites.
The Call for interest closed on 15th February 2020, and several application forms were sent, coming from all over Italy, as well as from Lithuania, Poland, Greece, Netherlands, France and Spain.
European sites who won the selections are the Spanish lagoon of Albufera, the French salt marshes of Hyeres, and the Greek Nestos Delta and Porto Lagos lagoon.
First, a workshop was held on 8th April 2022 to share conservation and monitoring actions, as well as the strategies for stakeholder involvements, which clearly characterized the LIFE Lagoon Refresh project. We also dealt about common issues that were also topics and key arguments during selection.
Then, on 31st May 2022, referents from European selected sites visited works and place of interventions of the LIFE Lagoon Refresh. During visit, it was very helpful to show the state of play, to improve knowledge about common issues, and to share different point of views.